Sharyn Clough: Philosophical Mentors

With Professor Lynn Hankinson Nelson, post-dissertation defense, Simon Fraser University, June 1997. Lynn's work in the philosophy of science focuses on the links between Quine and feminist theory.  We met at a conference on women and science in Minneapolis in the spring of 1995 and have had a fruitful working relationship ever since. She now teaches philosophy at the University of Washington, Seattle. You can visit her here.

Here's Lynn Nelson with our colleagues  and sisters in the struggle, Alison Wylie, and Nancy Tuana, taken at the conference Feminism and Naturalism at the University of St. Louis/Missouri Sept. 25, 1999.

With Professor Bjørn Ramberg, post-dissertation defense, Simon Fraser University, June 1997.  While reading Rorty in graduate school, it became clear that I had better understand Donald Davidson.  Luckily for me, SFU had just hired Bjørn, an established Davidson scholar.  He's been helping me wade through the murky waters of Davidsonian scholarship ever since. Bjørn has since left SFU to follow his heart back to Oslo where he holds a tenured appointment.  He proves that it is possible to take a critical, interdisciplinary approach to analytic philosophy and still survive, with wit, charm and grace, too.

This photo was also taken at the Feminism  and Naturalism conference, Sept. 25, 1999.  A better group of philosophy colleagues you could not hope to have. From L-R (back) Alison Wylie, Linda Nicholson, Joseph Rouse, Alison Jaggar, Nancy Tuana (front) Edrie Sobstyl, me, and Catherine Hundleby. (We three are all Canadian, as is Alison Wylie.  Another Canadian, Richmond Campbell, was taking the photo, I think. We are taking over. Slowly. When you least expect it... For a complete conspiracy theory on this point visit here.)